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Endangered Florida butterfly species actually benefits from hurricanes, data shows
Listen: One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread. A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes have positive impacts on the butterflies. Jaret Daniels is a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He said the Schaus’…

Update: NOAA delays listing pillar coral as “endangered”
NOAA has delayed changing the status of pillar coral from threatened to endangered under the ESA.

The Scoop: Fri. Feb. 14, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Roundup of WMNF news headlines including Ron DeSantis, Florida inmate execution, and Crisis Center of Tampa Bay.

Toasty Florida will become rainy Florida; more cold fronts are on the way
On Sunday night Florida will get a cold front that will bring temperatures closer to normal for this time of year.